What offenses must schools immediately report to law enforcement?

Code of Virginia § 22.1-279.3:1.D requires principals to immediately report to the local law enforcement agency any act enumerated in clauses (ii) through (vii) of Code of Virginia § 22.1-279.3:1.A that constitute a criminal offense:

(i) the assault or assault and battery, without bodily injury, of any person on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity;

(ii) the assault and battery that results in bodily injury, sexual assault, death, shooting, stabbing, cutting, or wounding of any person, or stalking of any person as described in § 18.2-60.3, on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity;

(iii) any conduct involving alcohol, marijuana, a controlled substance, imitation controlled substance, or an anabolic steroid on a school bus, on school property, or at a school- sponsored activity, including the theft or attempted theft of student prescription medications;

(iv) any threats against school personnel while on a school bus, on school property or at a school- sponsored activity;

(v) the illegal carrying of a firearm, as defined in § 22.1-277.07, onto school property;

(vi) any illegal conduct involving firebombs, explosive materials or devices, or hoax explosive devices, as defined in § 18.2-85, or explosive or incendiary devices, as defined in § 18.2-433.1, or chemical bombs, as described in § 18.2-87.1, on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity;

(vii) any threats or false threats to bomb, as described in § 18.2-83, made against school personnel or involving school property or school buses; or

(viii) the arrest of any student for an incident occurring on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity, including the charge therefore.

All DCV offenses listed in the following chart, and in the section above, are required to be reported immediately to law enforcement.

Assault/BatteryBA1 – Assault/battery with firearm or other weapon against staffBA2 – Assault/battery without a weapon against staffBA3 – Assault/battery with firearm or other weapon against studentBA4–Assault/battery without a weapon against studentBA5 – Malicious wounding without a weapon

What offenses may schools report to law enforcement?

The following offenses do not carry the requirement of immediate reporting to law enforcement. Many of them are, however, crimes and school administrators should consider reporting them to law enforcement. The following DCV offenses are not required to be reported to law enforcement, but depending on the severity of the offense, law enforcement contact could prove beneficial and/or necessary.

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